Public Policy at Mount Saint Mary’s University

If you plan to study public policy, take a look at what Mount Saint Mary's University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

MSMU is located in Los Angeles, California and has a total student population of 2,745. In 2021, 2 public policy majors received their bachelor's degree from MSMU.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Public Policy section at the bottom of this page.

MSMU Public Policy Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Policy

MSMU Public Policy Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the public policy progam at MSMU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The public policy major at MSMU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Public Policy. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Public Policy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	71
Best Public Policy Schools	92
Most Popular Public Policy Schools	149

Earnings of MSMU Public Policy Graduates

The median salary of public policy students who receive their bachelor's degree at MSMU is $37,690. This is 0% higher than $37,566, which is the national average for all public policy bachelor's degree recipients.

Public Policy Student Demographics at MSMU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the public policy majors at Mount Saint Mary’s University.

MSMU Public Policy Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of public policy bachelor's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 66% more racial-ethnic minorities in its public policy bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Mount Saint Mary's University with a bachelor's in public policy.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

MSMU also has a doctoral program available in public policy. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Human Services
• Social Work

Careers That Public Policy Grads May Go Into

A degree in public policy can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for CA, the home state for Mount Saint Mary's University.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Medical and Health Services Managers	34,510	$125,770
Health Specialties Professors	11,540	$161,770
Social Scientists	4,950	$78,970
Education Professors	3,380	$84,160
Legislators	3,140	$68,580

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Dasandman008 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.